doc: journal: rename topic to Transaction Modifiers

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[Cookbook: Budgeting and Forecasting](https://github.com/simonmichael/hledger/wiki/Budgeting-and-forecasting).
## Automated postings
Automated posting rules describe extra postings that should be added to certain transactions at report time,
when the `--auto` flag is used.
<a name="automated-postings" />
## Transaction Modifiers
An automated posting rule looks like a normal journal entry,
Transaction modifier rules describe changes that should be applied automatically to certain transactions.
Currently, this means adding extra postings (also known as "automated postings").
Transaction modifiers are enabled by the `--auto` flag.
A transaction modifier rule looks a bit like a normal journal entry,
except the first line is an equal sign (`=`) followed by a [query](manual.html#queries)
(mnemonic: `=` looks like posting lines):
```journal